Team Canada

DON CHERRY CALLED IT…
“WE’RE GONNA SMOKE ‘EM”
AND LASTNIGHT THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT TEAM CANADA DID…
THEY SMOKED THE RUSSIANS 7-3…
IN MANY RESPECTS THE GAME WAS OVER…13 MINUTES INTO THE FIRST PERIOD…
THANKS TO GOALS BY RYAN GETLAF…DAN BOYLE AND RICK NASH…THE SCORE WAS SUDDENLY 3-0…
ACCORDING TO CHERRY THERE’S NO SECRET TO THIS SUDDEN TURN AROUND…
IN HIS WORDS…”THEY’RE HUNGRY LIKE WOLVES”…
NO WHERE WAS THAT MORE EVIDENT THAN WITH THE PLAY OF SHEA WEBER…
IN THE EARLY IN THE FIRST PERIOD WEBER NAILED ALEXANDER OVECHKIN INTO THE BOARDS…
AFTER THAT HIT…OVECHKIN PULLED A DISAPPEARING ACT…
HE FINISHED THE GAME WITH NO POINTS…AND A MINUS 2…
WHICH GETS US BACK TO CHERRY:
WHO SAYS THE PROBLEM EARLY IN THE TOURNAMENT WAS TEAM CANADA WAS NOT PLAYING BIG…
THEN WITH A LAUGH…HE ADDS…”THEY’RE PLAYING BIG NOW”…
NEXT STOP IS SLOVAKIA ON FRIDAY NIGHT…
AND ALTHOUGH NOBODY ON TEAM CANADA WILL SAY IT…
THE BIG PRIZE IS WAITING FOR THEM ON SUNDAY IN THE GOLD MEDAL GAME…
ANOTHER SHOT AT THE AMERICANS…
THE SAME AMERICANS WHO STUCK IT TO TEAM CANADA LAST SUNDAY NIGHT…
SO…HOW DEEP DOES THIS RIVALRY GO???
BEFORE THE GAMES…JACK JOHNSON OF THE L.A. KINGS OFFERED TO FLY OUT HIS 3 USA TEAMMATES…TO SEE THE OPENING CEREMONY…
BUT HE DID NOT EXTEND THAT OFFER TO DREW DOUGHTY OF TEAM CANADA…
ACCORDING TO JOHNSON…”IT WAS A SMALL PLANE”…
NOBODY IS BUYING THAT CRAP…
AND AS A RESULT…JOHNSON AND DOUGHTY HAVE NOT EVEN TALKED TO EACH OTHER SINCE ARRIVING IN VANCOUVER…
THEN THERE’S RYAN KESLER…
WHEN HE WAS ASKED ABOUT THE CANADIANS…HE FLAT OUT SAID…”I HATE THEM”…
IN THE WORDS OF DON CHERRY…“I CAN HARDLY WAIT”
HE’S NOT THE ONLY ONE…